34, UEOCICHLA. 263 



Hah. Guatemala. 



The Rufous-browed Ilouse-Wren replaces the foregoing species in 

 Guatemala. 



31. UROCICHLA. 



Pnoepyga, pt , Moure ct and. recent. 



Range. Coufined to the Khasia aud Muuipur Hills. 

 1. Urociclila longicaudata. 



Pnoepvga longicaudata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 74 ; id. <f- Ilorsf. 



Cat! B. E.I. Co. Mm. i. p. 398; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 490: Grdij, 



Huiid-l. B. i. p. 188, uo. lioOl ; Godw.-Amt. J. A. 8. Bern. 



xxxix. p. 101 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 93. 

 Tesia lougicaudata, Gray, Hund-l. i?. i. p. 188, no. 2561 (1809). 

 Pnoepvga ckocolatina, Godw.-Amt. S)- Wcdden, Ibis, 1875, p. 252 ; 



Hiune, Str. F. 1876, p. 218; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 93. 



Adult (type of species). General colour above dark olive-brown, 

 all the feathers edged with dusky bro^vn, producing a somewhat 

 scaly appearance everywhere except on the lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts, which are uniform ; lesser and median wing- 

 coverts like the back, the greater series and the quills rather more 

 reddish brown ; tail-feathers dull reddish brown ; lores dusky ; 

 cheeks and ear-coverts uniform dark olive-brown ; under surface of 

 body light ochraccous buff, the flanks olive-brown ; the sides of the 

 upper breast slightly mottled with dusky brown tips to the feathers, 

 and more or less distinct whitish shaft-streaks ; chin slightly whiter 

 than the throat and the breast, with a few white feathers in the 

 centre; vent and under tail-coverts rather more reddish buff than 

 the rest of the under surface ; under wing-coverts like the breast, 

 the edge of the wing brown ; quills sepia-brown below, narrowly 

 edged with ashy along the inner web. Total length 4-5 inches, 

 culmcn 0-5, wing 1-9.5, tail I'Oo, tarsus 085. 



The Long-tailed AVren inhabits the Khasia and Munipur Hills. 

 Originally described by Moore from " N. India," it was entered in 

 the India iluseum Catalogue as from Afghanistan. On the stand 

 of the specimen was written Darjiling {GriJJitli): but even this altera- 

 tion was probably wrong, aud the bird was no doubt collected in the 

 Khasia Hills by the late Mr. Griflitli. It is well known that several 

 of his Assamese and Khasia birds w ere entered as from .Vfglianistan 

 ((/. Blyth, Ibis, 1872, p. 89). Col. Godwin-Austcii has very kindly lent 

 me the typical specimens of Pnoejyifc/ci chocolatind, whicli is not to bo 

 distinguished from P. hnrjicaiulata beyond being rather brighter in 

 colour. This is probably due to the ty])e being a female, while 

 some allowance must also be made for the fading from exposure to 

 the light in the gallery of tlie old India Museum. 



rt. [2 ] ad. sk. [Khasia Hills {Grijfi/h}.'] India .Museum. 



(T^^ie of spefies.) 

 b,c,d,e. Ad.sk. Khasia Hills (Ji-z-ffoH). Goidd Collection. 



